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PACKER, OF WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO PACKER .AUTO SPECIALTY COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A. CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

TIRE-HOLDER.

` specification of Letters Patent. y Patented Juri@ 17, 1919,

Application led December 2. 1915. Serial N o. 64,617.

To all'whom t may concern Be it. known that I, EBN R. Pioner, a citizen of the' United States, residing at Wilmette, county of Cook, State of Illinois,

have` inventeda certain new and useful Imi 4ing a spare automobile tire in such a way that moisture and dirt` are excluded from Ithe interior thereof. -4

The various features of novelty whereby myinvention is characterized will hereinafter be pointed out with particularity inthe claimsybut, for a full understanding of 'my invention and of its object and advanftages, reference may be had to -the following detailed description taken in connection arranged in accordance with a preferred form of my invention, having thereon a tire;

Fig. 2 is aview'similar to Fig. 1 showing the holder in position to permit the tire'to Fig.' 3 is aside view on z an enlarged scale of a fragment of the holder, the parts beingvin the positions indicated in Fig.' 1; Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 3 with the'rim part omitted; Fig.`5 is a Section approximately on line 5 of Fig. 3; Fig. 6. is a top plan view of a fragment of a modified form of device;v A

Fig. 7 is a view ofthe device'shown in Fig. 6, showing `the rim member in section and the clamping or holding partsin side elevation.;

' shown in Figs.`6 1and 7.

Fig. l8 is'a 'bottomplan 'viewl ofthe parts Referring to Figs. 1 to 5'of the drawings,

1 represents a ring-like shallow trough preferably of sheet metal and made: of a strip porting it from some part of an automobile. l

When it is desired to place a tire upon the holder the ring is contracted in any suitable way so as to permit it to be placed easily within the tire, and it is then expanded irmly against the tire 'which is therefore held tightly in the trough just as it is held on the rim of a wheel to which it may be applied, forming a seal between the free edges of the tire and eifectively preventing the entrance of moisture or'dirt.

In the construction under consideration the contraction and expansion of the holder take place in the upper half, the overlap. be-

tween the two ends of the holder being at the top so as to leave the lower half jointless and thus prevent the possibility of water collecting at a joint and seeping through. A bracket, 4, is secured on the inner'side of the holder at the end which is the inner of the two .overlapped ends, that is the end nearest the center of thev Wheel'. On the inner side of the holder at a considerable distance removed from'the other end is secured a bracket, v5, which will be spaced apart from the bracket 4 when the 'holder is contracted to the smallestsize necessary to permit the removalof a tire or the placing of a tire onthe holder. Between the brackets fl and 5 isa toggle consisting of two links, 6 and 7, hinged at their outer ends to the brackets l and 5,I respectively, andpivotally straightened, the 'member y9 lies beside the member 7 and extends from one end to the other of the latter. It will be seen that when the lever 9 is drawn down so as to bring the links G and 7 at an angle to each other, the u pper half of the holder is contracted as indicated in Fig. 2. While the holder is inthis Vcondition a tire may be removed from or placed on the holder. When the tire is on the A holder the lever is' swungupto the position indicated in Figs. land 3, straighten-v ing the toggle and expanding the upper half of the holder so as to makethe holder bear tightly against the tire at all points. In

,l order to make provision for variationsin the size of tires, the point of attachment of one of the links with the holder may be made adjustable. In the arraugenu at shown, the' bracket, 5, is provided with a pair ofl long parallel ribs, 10, extending lin the circumferential direction, the ribs beingl provided l with a seriesof circumferentially distributed registering openings,.11. The end of. the link 7 lies between the ribs 10 and is pivotally'secured thereto by means of a headed pin, 11, extending through the same and. through anytwo of the-registering openings, 1l. This construction permits the link 7- to be ,attached at any one of av series o'fcircumferentially "distributed4 points on theholder. v

The arm-orlever9 yis preferably made L- shapcd in cross section so that .one of itsl ianges 'will' lie on the front side of the link 7 While its other flange will-lie` underneath.

this .link'when the holder is 'in f its vex.

' panded position. This permitsthe holder tobe-locked in its expanded position'and the tire to be l0cked on the holder by simply providing the link 7 with a perforated ear, 12, which will project through a suit-` the tire will be lost or Stolen because of the removal ofthis pin Whenthe tire is in place.- In Figs. 6 and 7 I have shown another fastening device which, like the one hereto-l fore described, vpermits the holder -to be expanded-and contracted quickly and conveniently. The rim or ring, 20, is the same as the member 1 and has attached .thereto a bracket, 4, similar to the bracket i in the other form.4 Instead of the bracket, 5, I have provided a bracket, 21, having `on the y upper side suitably headed or notched projections, 22 and 23', adapted to pass through two of a series of openings 24, in the holder so as to permit it to lbe adjusted from and toward the bracket, 4, by simply Withdrawing the projections, 22 andl 23, from the "'Fiepenings in which they happen to be and .cov

'in'serting them in other openings. On the bracket, 21, is la downwardly-projecting ear,

25. On .the bracket 4 is hinged a lever 26,

having an opening, 27, through which the ear 25 is adapted to pass. The edge of the opening, 27, lon the side nearest the pivotal axisof ,the llever is made in the form of a cam, 28, so shaped that when the lever is Iswung lupwardly or outwardly, the cam engages with the adjacent edge of the ear 25 and forces the ear circumferentially away from thc bracket, 4; thus securing an expanfsion of theholder as in the case of the toggle links pivotallly]7 in the arrangement Apreviously-fdescailbed.

The ear, 25, is provided with a series pf 'distributed openings, 29, .through any one'of be passed.' This seriesfof holes provides a certain amo-unt .of adjustment Without "shifting the position of the bracket, 21,v because they render. it unnecessary to -swingthe lever, 26, at all times to its fully closed position. 'Iclaiimz 1 y ..1

l. A holder comprising a strip bentv into .the form of. a ring having its end portions arranged to relatively movable for expending and contracting the"ring, toggleconnected to the adjacent end portionsof t e ring and tof each other and the pivotal connecting means at'one point being 'shiftajble tolvary the length 'of the Along arc of thering Vvvhen extended, and a portion o f'one of said toggle links being formed to overlie theshiftable connecting means vwhen vin expanding position, slrbstan-j 'tially- 'as'described 2. 4A holder comp-rising a'. strip bent into the form of a ring having its end portions arranged'to be relatively movable for expanding and contracting the rings, toggle' links pivotally c0nnected to the adjacent end portions of the ring and to each other, the

pivotalv connectingme'ans at one point being e of the 'ring When expanded, one of said links 'havingl a. lever extension ,and a v port-ion of one of said links being formed to overlie the sh'lftable connecting means When-in expand- 'shiftable to vary the length of the long arc4 ed position, and means to lock the partsin expanding position, substantially as described.

3. A holder comprising astrip bent linto the form of a ring having it's ends overlapping, a quick-acting expanding and contracting device arranged between the Vend on the inner side of the ning and an adjacent portion on the other end, and means for Shifting the point at which said device is attached to one of said ends circumferentially.

4. A holder comprising a strip bent into the form `of a ring havingits ends overlapping, a quick-acting expanding and contracting device arranged between the end on the inner side of the ring and an adjacent" portion on the other end, and means for varying the length of the long arc of the ring subtended bysaid device,

5. A holder comprising'a strip bent into the form of a ringvhaving its ends" overlap-l ping, twobrackets connected respectively to the end on the inner side of thel ring and to van adjacent portion on the other end, oneof said brackets having a plurality. of holes `distributed in the circumferential direction thereon, a toggle having one end'connected to the latter bracket by a' pin passing through any one of said openings and having its other end connected to the other bracket.

6. A holder comprising a strip bent into the form of a ring having its ends overlapping, two brackets connected respectively to the end on the inner'side of the ring'and to an adjacent portion on the other end, one of said brackets having a plurality of holes distributed in the circumferential direction thereon, a toggle having one end connected' to `the latter bracket by a pin passing through any one of said openings and having its other end connected to the other bracket, and an arm forming a continuation of 'one of the members of said toggle and adapted to lie in front of said pin when the toggle is straightened.

7. A holder comprising a strip bent into.

I the length of the long arc of the ring when expanded by said device and a portion of said expanding and contracting device being arranged to overlie the said shiftable connection 'to prevent its removal when the parts are in expanding position and means for locking said device in expanding position substantially as described.

8. A holder comprising a strip bent into the form of a ring having its end portions arranged to be relatively' movable for expanding and contracting the ring, two brackets connected respectively tothe adjacent end portions of the ring, one of said brackets having a plurality of' holes distributed in the circumferential direction thereon. a toggle having one end connected to the latter bracket by a shiftable/pin passing through any one of said openings and its other end'connected to the other bracketsub- I stantially as described.

9. A holder comprising a strip bent into the form of a ring having its end portions arranged to be relatively movable for expanding and contracting the ring, two

brackets connectedrespectively to theadjacent end portions of the ring, one of said brackets having a plurality of holes distributed in the circumferential direction thereon, a toggle having one end connected to the latter bracket by a shiftable pin passing through any one of said openings and'its other end connected to the other bracket,'

said toggle being formed'whereby a portion thereof overlies the shiftable pin when in expanding position and means to lock the parts in expanded position substantiallyk as described.

10. A holder of the character'described comprising a strip bent into the form of a ring having its end portions arranged to be relatively movable for expanding and contracting the ring, two brackets connected respectively to the adjacent end portions of the ring, one of said brackets having a .plurality of holes distributed in the circumferential direction thereon, a toggle having one end connected to the latter bracket by a shiftable pin passing through any onea of said openings and having its other end connected to the other bracket, a lever extension formed on one of the toggle linksand adapted to' overlie -the shiftable Vpin when-in expanded position to prevent the removal thereof, one of the toggle links being formed with an opening therethrough, an eyelet extension formed on the other of said toggle links and adapted to extend through said openings when in expanding position whereby the parts maybe locked in expanded position.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specifiy cation.

EBEN R. PACKER. 

